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The new NHS modern and dependable — developing primary care groups
Corporate Author	Department of Health - DoH
Publisher	Department of Health, London, 13 August 1998
Pages	27 pp (Local authority circular, LAC (98)21)
Source	Department of Health, PO Box 410, Wetherby LS23 7LN.
Keywords	Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; Local Authority Circulars ; General practice ; Health [elderly].
Annotation	This circular, also issued to health authorities as HSC 1998/139, outlines the steps in the development of Primary Care Groups, whose aim is to enable general practitioners (GPs), community nurses and other health and social care professionals to improve the health of their community and the delivery of care to patients. It explains the organisation and process by which Primary Care Groups will fulfil their functions. It also sets out an agenda for action for Primary Care Groups to identify priorities to be delivered by the Groups in their first year. The circular is accompanied by supporting guidelines, explaining the issues more fully. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980904409 C
Classmark	6I: VK9: LAC (98)21: L5: CC *
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